State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2004 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 206,735 New York births in 2004 across 4,250 distinct names.

Distinctively New York

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New York more than they say America.

#58Estheroutside the national top 200
#91Chayaoutside the national top 200
#100Mosheoutside the national top 200
#78Tiffany#175 nationally
#98Chelsea#195 nationally
#34Gianna#124 nationally
#99Kiara#187 nationally
#83Juliana#164 nationally
#71Peter#143 nationally
#81Sabrina#150 nationally
#56Vincent#121 nationally
#87Jillian#152 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,591US #1
#2Emma1,201US #2
#3Olivia1,130US #4
#4Isabella1,080US #7
#5Ashley1,058US #8
#6Samantha1,052US #9
#7Madison1,006US #3
#8Sarah979US #12
#9Kayla850US #18
#10Sophia812US #15
#11Julia782US #32
#12Brianna762US #17
#13Abigail760US #6
#14Alyssa731US #14
#15Jessica728US #21
#16Grace715US #13
#17Elizabeth680US #10
#18Hannah662US #5
#19Nicole642US #43
#20Rachel637US #34
#21Victoria629US #28
#22Ava622US #25
#23Alexandra596US #37
#24Alexis581US #11
#25Lauren536US #16
#26Katherine510US #35
#27Mia509US #30
#28Angelina498US #60
#29Anna492US #20
#30Natalie485US #19
#31Leah482US #64
#32Amanda469US #67
#33Gabriella467US #76
#34Gianna461US #124
#35Jennifer436US #39
#36Ella416US #29
#37Michelle414US #66
#38Jenna408US #56
#39Hailey403US #24
#40Sara401US #68
#41Kaitlyn396US #33
#42Sydney391US #27
#43Sofia380US #69
#44Taylor378US #22
#45Stephanie376US #55
#46Megan375US #36
#47Alexa368US #72
#48Destiny365US #38
#49Chloe363US #23
#50Jasmine358US #26
#51Rebecca349US #70
#52Arianna347US #86
#53Maya340US #83
#54Maria327US #42
#55Morgan326US #31
#56Gabrielle317US #73
#57Kimberly316US #61
#58Esther312
#59Danielle309US #91
#60Lily304US #53
#61Ariana301US #79
#62Zoe298US #54
#63Jada293US #81
#64Allison288US #40
#65Brooke288US #46
#66Christina283US #123
#67Melanie280US #89
#68Mackenzie276US #45
#69Paige275US #51
#70Faith257US #52
#71Madeline255US #63
#72Erin254US #95
#73Catherine247US #103
#74Kelly246US #138
#75Riley245US #58
#76Caroline241US #74
#77Gabriela241US #110
#78Tiffany241US #175
#79Amy240US #106
#80Melissa240US #98
#81Sabrina239US #150
#82Aaliyah229US #94
#83Juliana220US #164
#84Diana219US #90
#85Briana218US #120
#86Isabel215US #88
#87Jillian214US #152
#88Mary214US #62
#89Angela213US #105
#90Molly213US #97
#91Chaya212
#92Vanessa212US #75
#93Adriana210US #119
#94Marissa210US #78
#95Jordan209US #71
#96Trinity204US #48
#97Amber202US #87
#98Chelsea200US #195
#99Kiara199US #187
#100Amelia198US #96

Boys

#1Michael2,354US #2
#2Matthew2,030US #4
#3Joseph1,871US #9
#4Daniel1,686US #7
#5Ryan1,673US #12
#6Nicholas1,671US #13
#7Anthony1,659US #11
#8Christopher1,546US #10
#9Joshua1,487US #3
#10Justin1,404US #30
#11John1,306US #17
#12Andrew1,302US #6
#13David1,294US #14
#14Jacob1,249US #1
#15Alexander1,216US #15
#16James1,127US #18
#17Ethan1,088US #5
#18Brandon1,043US #22
#19William1,038US #8
#20Tyler1,030US #16
#21Kevin1,029US #34
#22Jonathan985US #21
#23Jack926US #42
#24Jason917US #47
#25Christian908US #24
#26Dylan886US #19
#27Thomas846US #37
#28Benjamin819US #25
#29Zachary773US #26
#30Samuel736US #23
#31Aidan727US #40
#32Robert723US #36
#33Brian687US #59
#34Jayden665US #62
#35Elijah617US #31
#36Sean610US #64
#37Gabriel591US #32
#38Jordan584US #43
#39Noah565US #29
#40Connor545US #38
#41Kyle543US #55
#42Eric542US #61
#43Steven539US #78
#44Evan532US #39
#45Nathan524US #20
#46Aaron520US #53
#47Isaiah494US #45
#48Luke492US #41
#49Adam490US #58
#50Alex473US #63
#51Angel473US #44
#52Jake464US #98
#53Logan464US #27
#54Bryan449US #65
#55Lucas439US #66
#56Vincent434US #121
#57Charles409US #56
#58Jose403US #28
#59Patrick403US #100
#60Jaden401US #83
#61Liam400US #112
#62Aiden376US #60
#63Jeremy375US #111
#64Richard367US #92
#65Gavin364US #52
#66Timothy361US #79
#67Owen358US #67
#68Nathaniel352US #68
#69Luis351US #57
#70Isaac341US #46
#71Peter332US #143
#72Ian331US #69
#73Cameron328US #50
#74Austin327US #35
#75Jeremiah324US #77
#76Caleb323US #33
#77Julian323US #74
#78Sebastian320US #97
#79Colin318US #85
#80Xavier303US #88
#81Mark298US #113
#82Antonio285US #93
#83Carlos279US #71
#84Hunter278US #49
#85Joel278US #124
#86Henry276US #109
#87Devin275US #81
#88Edward269US #129
#89Dominic264US #91
#90Kenneth263US #119
#91Jeffrey254US #149
#92Jackson252US #48
#93Adrian247US #72
#94Juan247US #54
#95Mason243US #51
#96Derek236US #157
#97Brendan234US #150
#98Jared233US #128
#99Stephen231US #140
#100Moshe227

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑39Ella#36
↑25Aiden#62
↑21Sofia#43
↑20Angelina#28
↑20Lily#60
↑18Jayden#34
↑18Julian#77
↑16Zoe#62

Falling

↓28Jordan#95
↓18Jared#98
↓15Vanessa#92
↓13Brooke#65
↓12Kelly#74
↓11Alexa#47
↓10Amanda#32
↓10Stephanie#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.